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Challenges

Leadership In Two Wars, Washington DC, and Industry

By: Harry W Jenkins

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Paperback | 15 September 2020

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Our lives are comprised of experiences that often include challenges. I’ve endured many of these challenges during combat leadership in Vietnam and the Persian Gulf, winter operations in the Arctic during the Cold War, and observations in war-torn Afghanistan, all at different ages and levels of experience and responsibility. Some were harrowing in how they occurred overseas. Others were humorous as they played out. Still more were highly educational in my attempts to achieve success in a myriad of assignments from combat in faraway lands, to the bureaucratic in-fighting on the political battlefields of Washington, D.C. My transition to industry was another kind of experience. After 34 years in the U.S. Marine Corps, I entered an unknown world with unfamiliar languages, processes, and radically different cultural experiences.

I share what I’ve learned in this narrative and within it are insights for all to absorb.

I enjoyed most of my experiences, especially when working with Americans from dissimilar backgrounds and aspirations both in the Marine Corps and throughout industry. This country is rich in traditions unlike anywhere else in the world, which makes it a special place to grow up and live. Even though we have our internal problems, being able to travel the world made me—as have many others—realize that the country is special in its own way.

What I hope the reader takes away from these pages is that history can teach us much if we will just consider the past and learn and grow from it. When we ignore the lessons of history, as we have done in recent years, we repeat mistakes with costly outcomes.

Harry W. Jenkins

Industry Reviews

“CHALLENGES is a book by one of the foremost experts on life as a Marine officer in peace and war, on Capitol Hill, and finally working through Washington’s complex defense sector industry. Harry Jenkins remains one of the sought-after voices of advice for those navigating all three sectors. This book is a ‘must-read’ for everyone, but especially Field Grade officers and above.” —General James L. Jones USMC (Ret), 32nd Commandant of the Marine Corps, former Commander US European Command and Supreme Allied Commander Europe, and the US National Security Advisor to President Barack Obama.

“People read because they enjoy a good story or seek one to inform, learn, and educate themselves in areas in which they may not be familiar. CHALLENGES serves that interest and need. In it, Harry Jenkins shares his journey—the thoughts and thinking that shaped it—from the decision to join the service, through marriage and starting a family while pursuing a career in the Marine Corps, his rise to Major General and into the private sector and defense industry as a senior executive. Many of the accounts and experiences occur in times of significant events in our nation’s history and offer a personal perspective that gives the reader context. Stories matter and Harry Jenkins has given us a good one about how challenges can strengthen, direct, shape, and teach us.” —General Richard ‘Butch’ Neal USMC (Ret), former Assistant Commandant of The Marine Corps, author of What Now Lieutenant? Leadership Forged from Events in Vietnam, Desert Storm, and Beyond. [Added to the USMC Commandant’s Reading List]

“An entertaining and enlightening story of service to nation, family, and those in need. Readers will learn that overcoming challenges and leading in extremis builds the resilience and wisdom fundamental to success in all walks of life. Maj. Gen. Harry Jenkins tells his story that sheds light on some of the most important events and experiences in the past sixty years. But this is a story that inspires as well as informs. CHALLENGES is certain to encourage future generations to lead, overcome hardships, and reap the intangible rewards of service.” —H.R. McMaster, author of Dereliction of Duty and Battlegrounds: The Fight to Defend the Free World

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